yeah synch, post it here, right under my post...it would be an honor to view it here, I can't wait to see it...I had one too, that was two days late, but that is how it goes...if it has ducks, you know where to put it...but something tells me, that this is going to be spectacular...

Are we allowed to post scanned film images, or do they need to be strictly digital?

I can't think of any good reason why you shouldn't be able to enter scanned film images in this month's On Assigment. Some people might still work with a film camera and no DSLR (yet) and they would not be allowed to enter the On Assigment?

I was wondering whether I should enter the image above or the image below, since both image fit the theme. The image below gives even more meaning to the theme, because it was taken with minimal exposure: 1/8000 sec. and F29 (ISO 100).

The post processing on the photo with the flash is also minimal, it was only cropped. I decided to go for the golfball image because it appealed more to me and was more abstract, which I think minimalism is.

yeah synch, post it here, right under my post...it would be an honor to view it here, I can't wait to see it...I had one too, that was two days late, but that is how it goes...if it has ducks, you know where to put it...but something tells me, that this is going to be spectacular...

waitin for ya.

patti

Spectacular? Now I'm nervous because there are expectations. Honestly though, I don't think it's very spectacular, it's just a simple shot of a butterfly, but the lighting serves to highlight it and I kinda felt like it had a minimalist sort of feel to it.

However, I will shoot something this month for the assignment that will be my actual entry. Here's the butterfly shot if you are curious.

synch...I love the butterfly...just think it is super, you are right, it does have a minimalist feel to it. I even posted one, this month, and took a different angle then most...am happy to participate...

there's some great submissions already, but i think a lot of us have different understanding of what minimalist actually means. A few so far have to much detail taking them outside the barrier of minimal.Just a thought.

I decided to use a literal interpretation...which is different, I know. Not meaning to ruffle any feathers. Just having a great time at the labs.
You can feel free to delete my entry, if you feel it is not within the accepted interpretation of the word. I give you absolute powwwwwwah....

Won't be the first time I am outta line, and my guess, is, it won't be the last, either.

Thanks Thomas, glad you like it. The "haze" effect is achieved in PP only. No vaseline here my friend, heh. I got this great program for Photoshop called Nik Colo(u)r Efex Pro 3.0 and it's absolutely wonderful. There's a demo available and the homepage is linked to below. It's made by the same company responsible for Capture NX and so utilizes the Control Point technology. The difference here being it's contained within a suite of effects that are second to none. The fact that this all works within the tried & tested Photoshop environment is all to the good too. Why not give it a try and see what you think.

On whether a picture is adequately "minimalist" or not, I hope that will come out in the voting. When I vote, I not only judge the submission on if I like it or not, but also on how well it fits in with the month's theme. I hope I'm not the only one who does that.